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Motion · S5M-21111 · 3 Mar 2020

University Mental Health Day

Lodged by Fulton MacGregor (Scottish National Party) Standard Motion 19 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes University Mental Health Day, which is being marked on 5 March 2020; notes that there are over 2.3 million students studying at the UK's universities and colleges, with many experiencing academic, social and financial pressures; understands that higher and further education can raise a number of unique challenges to mental health and wellbeing, which is reflected in reports that an increasing number of students are accessing support services; commends the work of the British Psychological Society and welcomes its recent paper on mental health and wellbeing in Scotland’s higher and further education sectors, which calls for all higher and further education institutions to make mental health and wellbeing a strategic priority, all university and college staff to be given training on how to spot mental health difficulties and UCAS to update the university application process to reduce stigma by removing the need for applicants to disclose mental health conditions as a disability, and encourages the Scottish Government to work together with the higher and further education sectors to improve students' mental health and wellbeing, which, it believes, will allow them to thrive and succeed.

Supporters (19)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.